A D V E N T U R E S in C Y B E R S O U N DIEE Books : History of Technology SeriesSeries Editor : Dr. B. Bowers, The Science Museum, London and Dr. C. Hempstead - Teesside University
See http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/books/histtech.html for the latest listing This series contains the following titles: Forthcoming:
History of electric light and power, 2nd edition (B. Bowers) New:
The life and times of Alan Dower Blumlein (R.W. Burns) Available:
Television : an international history of the formative years (R.W. Burns) Related publications New:
The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 4: 1849-1855 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) Available
The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 3 : 1841-1848 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) All books are published casebound except where stated otherwise, in size 234 x 156 mm. (Books published prior to 1992 are 229 x 148 mm) Prices given are valid for 2000
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History of electric light and power, 2nd edition (B. Bowers) The original edition of this book, published in 1981 on the centenary of the provision of public electricity supply in the UK, became a standard reference text for those interested in the history of electrical engineering. The author has now brought the text fully up to date, through a period which has seen major developments in technology, such as the use of the computer and the development of power electronics, to name but two, and also within the industry itself, including its moves to privatisation and liberalisation. The 2nd edition will prove invaluable to all who study electrical science and technology. HT 025, 320pp. approx., ISBN 0 85296 782 9, Expected 2000, price not yet available The life and times of Alan Dower Blumlein (R.W. Burns) Scope: Despite his premature death at the age of 38, in the war, A.D. Blumlein was unquestionably one of the century's most creative engineers and filed some 140 patents. He was the driving force and inspiration behind a vast number of fundamental innovations in the fields of radar, electronics and sound recording, amongst which he held perhaps the landmark patent enabling stereo sound. Surprisingly, until 1999 there have been no biographies of this remarkable man. The IEE is proud to rectify this by publication of this scholarly treatment of Blumlein's life, which includes a Foreword by his eldest son. Contents: 1: Early life; 2: Long lines; 3: Monophonic recording and reproduction; 4: Stereophonic recording and reproduction; 5: Pre-EMI television history; 6: EMI and high-definition television; 7: The London Station; 8: Personality; 9: Blumlein's technical achievements in television; 10: Air defence; 11: EMI's '60 MHz job'; 12: The battle against the night raiders and AI Mark IV; 13: The Blitz and AI Mark VI radar; 14: Miscellaneous wartime activities; 15: The Battle of the Atlantic; 16: The crash and its aftermath; 17: Genius; Appendices; Index Readership: Historians of science and technology, especially radio/audio and radar; electrical and electronic engineers. Level: Reference; professional. HT 024, 560pp., ISBN 0 85296 773 X, 1999, £60 / US$ 95 Click here to return to top of file
History of international broadcasting, Volume 2 (J. Wood) Scope: Following the success of Volume 1 (see HT 019z), which covered shortwave broadcasting through to the end of the Cold War, this new book covers the many and varied developments that have taken place since then, set in the context of the political changes that have taken place. Propaganda broadcasting on the shortwaves is now widely recognised as an overt strategy in conflict but is also publicly credited with having played a major role in 'winning' the Cold War. It is now being used within differing political and cultural strategies and the book covers developments across the world and in domains such as religious broadcasting. Meanwhile transmitter power and technology continue to increase, and dramatic changes occur within the broadcast industry itself. Contents: 1: International broadcasting in the HF spectrum; 2: Analysis of SW sales 1950-97; 3: Listening audiences and broadcasting output; 4: Projecting foreign policy, propaganda, beliefs and objectives; 5: Structure of US international broadcasting; 6: BBC World Service; 7: Deutsche Welle; 8: Radio France International; 9: Voice of America; 10:Radio Canada International; 11: Swiss Radio International; 12: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep; 13: The former Soviet Union; 14: The Balkan region; 15: RFE/RL comes out of the cold; 16: Restructuring US governmental broadcasting; 17: The Arab-Islamic world; 18: Libya, Egypt, Kuwait and Iran; 19: China and SE Asia; 20: Radio Australia; 21: US religious / commercial broadcasters; 22: The broadcast transmitter industry; 23: Company profiles; 24: Steerable 500kW rated curtain antenna arrays; 25: Profile of the tube manufacturing industry; 26: The future is digital; 27: The future for international broadcasting; Appendices; Index. Readership: Historians of science, technology and media/communications; electrical and electronic engineers; media studies. Level: Reference; professional. HT 023, 280pp., ISBN 0 85296 920 1, 1999, £35 / US$ 65 Click here to return to top of file
Television : an international history of the formative years (R W Burns) Scope: From the first notions of 'seeing by electricity' in 1878 through the period to Baird's demonstration of television in 1926 and up to 1940, when war brought the advance of the technology to a temporary halt, the development of TV gathered about it a tremendous history. In this meticulous and deeply researched book, Burns presents a balanced, thorough history of television to 1940, considering the factors—technical, financial and social—which influenced and led to the establishment of many of the world's high-definition TV broadcasting services. Highly illustrated throughout, this is a major book in the study of history of science, technology and media. Contents: 1 : Images and society; 2 : Images by wire, picture telegraphy; 3 : Seeing by electricity, the earliest notions; 4 : Persistence of vision and moving images; 5 : Distant vision; 6 : A possible way forward; 7 : Developments of importance to television; 8 : The breakthrough, J L Baird and television; 9 : The approaches of a lone inventor and a chief engineer; 10 : Excellence in low-definition engineering; 11 : German and French developments; 12 : Some low-definition TV broadcasting services; 13 : Large-screen TV; 14 : Between low and high-definition TV ; 15 : Early electronic camera tubes and the work of Farnsworth; 16 : Zworykin and the kinetoscope; 17 : RCA, Sarnoff and TV; 18 RCA and all-electric TV; 19 : EMI, Shoenberg and TV; 20 : Progress in the UK and abroad; The London station and foreign developments; 22 : TV in the US; 23 : The world's first regular, public, high-definition service; Appendices; Index Readership: Historians of science, technology and media/communications; electrical and electronic engineers; media studies Level: Reference HT 022, 656pp., Size/format : 234 x 156 mm; casebound., ISBN 0 85296 914 7, 1998, £75 / US$ 120 Click here to return to top of file
Exhibiting electricity (K.G. Beauchamp) This unusual book traces the history of public and technical exhibitions, from their origins in the late 18th century to present day, and, particularly, how they have reflected the progress of science and technology (especially electrical technology). Not only does the author show how electrical innovation and manufacture have been presented to the wider public through this period, but he also shows how the exhibitions themselves have required technological advice. It is through this combination of roles that the importance of these exhibitions within scientific and technological advance can be understood. Contents: Origins; Early technology exhibitions; Role of the mechanics' institutes; The Royal Society of Arts; The Great Exhibition of 1851; British exhibitions after 1851; International exhibitions abroad; Influence of electrical power generation; Specialist electrical exhibitions; Dominance of technology; Exhibitions between the wars; Electricity and the public; The modern era; Trade fairs; Epilogue; Index. Readership: Historians of science and technology; Electrical engineers HT 021, 352pp., ISBN 0 85296 895 7, 1997, £45 / US$ 85 Click here to return to top of file
The early history of radio : from Faraday to Marconi (G.R.M. Garratt) Radio was as much the culmination of the work of a series of scientists in the 19th Century, starting with Faraday, as it was an invention by Marconi. This book aims to illustrate the contributions made by these scientists and show how each was dependent upon the work and ideas of his predecessors; Faraday, Henry, Maxwell, Hughes, Fitzgerald, Hertz, Lodge and Marconi. The book represents the result of a long period of study by a man who knew the story well and researched it thoroughly; although Gerald Garratt died in 1989 the manuscript has been completed by his daughter. Gerald Garratt had a special interest in what might be termed the "pre-history" of radio. His book therefore outlines the sequence of development from Faraday's first prediction and concept of the electromagnetic field, the mathematical definition of the conditions for propagation of waves by Maxwell, the demonstration of their physical existence by Hertz, identification of the need for resonance between transmitter and receiver by Lodge and finally Marconi's successful practical application and "invention". Contents: Introduction; Michael Faraday; James Clerk Maxwell; Heinrich Hertz and Oliver Lodge; Sir Oliver Lodge; Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov; Guglielmo Marconi Readership: Historians of technology and science; Radio engineers; Individuals with an interest in radio and media communications, especially vintage radio, and broadcasting history HT 020, 96pp., ISBN 0 85296 845 0, 1994, £22 / US$ 42 Click here to return to top of file
History of international broadcasting (J. Wood) James Wood outlines the origin and growth of information (propaganda) broadcasting by radio -- which came to prominence in World War II and the Cold War -- and chronicles the technological and engineering achievements that enable long-range broadcasting. These are set within the context of the social and political environment of the day, for which reason the book appeals very widely; many will find much to stir personal memories of international radio broadcasts in wartime and peacetime alike. Widely reviewed (by The Guardian, New Scientist and Choice amongst others) and enthusiastically received, the book has been reprinted and is available in paperback. Contents: Birth of a medium - from entertainment and commercial to propaganda broadcasting; A weapon of war - British W.W.II propaganda, Nazi broadcasting, US wartime broadcasting, Japanese broadcasting in the Pacific, the Cold War, the Voice of America; Radio as an instrument of foreign policy - high power transmission, jamming, the BBC World Service, CIA, the collapse of communism, the Arab world, religious broadcasting, future of international AM broadcasting. Readership: All with an interest in radio, communications and broadcasting. HT 019z, 264pp., paperback, ISBN 0 86341 302 1, 1994, £22 / US$ 42 Click here to return to top of file
Lord Kelvin : his influence on electrical measurements and units (P. Tunbridge) Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), arguably Britain's most eminent scientist after Newton, spent much of his life in work which led to the development of today's electrical units and standards. Despite his influence, there are few biographies of stature (largely due to the abstruse nature of much of his technical research). This treatment concentrates upon his work in three phases; discovery of the fundamental concepts and coding them into universal laws, leading the adoption of the metric system, and securing worldwide use of units and standards (now the IEC system). HT 018, 115pp., ISBN 0 86341 237 8, 1992, £20 / US$ 39 Click here to return to top of file
Transcribed and published here for the first time, this Notebook shows that Faraday's physical achievements emerged from the context of applied laboratory chemistry. It foreshadows many of his most important discoveries and offers a revealing insight into the mind and scientific aspirations of a master experimentalist. The Notebook is significant amongst Faraday's unpublished writings because it served as a place to explore possibilities and questions, rather than simply to record laboratory work. HT 017, 172pp., 248 x 187mm, ISBN 0 86341 255 6, 1991, £35 / US$ 62 Click here to return to top of file
This volume contains a transcript of Faraday's journal, with his own account of his travels, his observations, and the people he met. There are entries for almost every day up to 20 April 1814, when the manuscript breaks off in mid sentence. The manuscript is in a bound volume entitled "Common place Book Vol 2" in the archives of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. HT 016, 170pp., ISBN 0 86341 234 3, 1991, £20 / US$ 39 Click here to return to top of file
Electrical technology in mining : the dawn of a new age (A.V. Jones and R.P. Tarkenter) The application of electrical technology was a major part of the mechanisation of the mining industry, bringing major changes in lighting, transport, productivity and safety. This book describes the pioneering developments as a few engineers exploited the potential benefits, but also considers the opportunities squandered, and contains much of interest to those interested in the development and use of technology. HT 015, 256pp., ISBN 0 86341 199 1, 1992, £33 / US$ 59 Click here to return to top of file
Sir Clifford Paterson, OBE FRS, was Director of the GEC Research Laboratories at Wembley from their foundation in 1919 until his death in 1948. This book contains the diary he kept from 1939 until 1945, recording work in the laboratories and his own wider role in the planning and organisation of the scientific war effort, against the background of the progress of the war problems of members of his staff. A recurring theme is the development and production in the laboratories of more than 300,000 thermionic valves of 45 new types. HT 014, 680pp., ISBN 0 86341 218 1, 1991, £69 / US$ 115 Click here to return to top of file
Wireless : the crucial decade 1924-34 (G. Bussey) The scene to 1924. Technical background. Broadcasting trends, 1924-34 in Britain and Continental Europe. British radio valves, 1924-34. Receiver developments in America, Germany and France. British domestic wireless, 1924-34 - historical background; the trend in receivers; transition; transformation; turning-point. Home construction and kit sets. HT 013, 121pp., ISBN 0 86341 188 6, 1990, £20 / US$ 39 Click here to return to top of file
A history of the world semiconductor industry (P.R. Morris) Development of the thermionic valve. Historical survey of early research in semiconductors. Development of the transistor. Major technical processes used in semiconductor device fabrication. Review of major factors affecting the growth of the United States semiconductor industry. Review of the factors affecting the growth of the Japanese and South Korean semiconductor industries. Review of the European semiconductor industry. HT 012, 160pp., ISBN 0 86341 227 0, 1990, £39 / US$ 72 Click here to return to top of file
Metres to microwaves (E.B. Callick) A story of innovation, beginning in the 1930s, which identifies the engineers and scientists whose research and development became the foundation of British radar technology. Includes introduction to radar technology. HT 011, 240pp., ISBN 0 86341 212 2, 1990, £45 / US$ 85 Click here to return to top of file
The GEC Research Laboratories 1919-1984 (R.J. Clayton and J. Algar) Covering the activities of the GEC Research Laboratories from 1919 until their end in 1984, this book includes sections on the original organisation and philosophy behind the laboratories, a decade by decade summary of the work, and specialist chapters focussing on such areas as lamps and lighting, valves, communications and semiconductors. HT 010, 452pp., ISBN 0 86341 146 0, 1989, £59 / US$ 115 Click here to return to top of file
Hertz and the Maxwellians (J.G. O'Hara and W. Pricha) Hertz and George Francis FitzGeraid. Hertz and Oliver Heaviside. Hertz and Oliver Lodge. Hertz and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin). Hertz's visit to London and Cambridge. Epilogue. An unpublished manuscript of Heinrich Hertz in London. HT 008, 168pp., ISBN 0 86341 101 0, 1987, £20 / US$ 39 Click here to return to top of file
British television - the formative years (R.W. Burns)
The birth of television. Company formation and progress. The BBC view. The start of the experimental service. A commercial prospect. The emergence of a competitor. The work of the television committee. The London station, site and operating characteristics. The service. HT 007, 488pp., ISBN 0 86341 079 0, 1986, £65 / US$ 125 Click here to return to top of file
Technical history of the beginnings of radar (S.S. Swords) Radar etymology. Radar fundamentals. Precursors of radar. Debut of radar. British story, Significance of the magnetron. Conclusions. HT 006, 326pp., ISBN 0 86341 043 X, 1986, £59 / US$ 99 Click here to return to top of file
Coloured Cloth Hall. Technology. Yorkshire Brush Electric Light and Power Company. Gas : a stern rival. Electric Lighting Act 1882. The Electric Light Committee, Leeds. Municipal Buildings. Other installations. Electric Lighting Act 1888. House-to-house electricity. Opening of the new premises. First connections. Respectability at last. Municipal acceptance. Trams and lamps. Growth. Takeover. Liquidation. HT 005, 222pp., ISBN 0 86341 060 X, 1986, £44 / US$ 79 Click here to return to top of file
The history of electric wires and cables (R.M. Black) Early telegraph cables. Submarine telegraph cables. Grosvenor gallery and Deptford. Electric lighting cables. Paper insulated cables. Three-phase cables. Thury continuous current systems. Protective systems and limitations of solid type cables. Oil-filled cables. Gas pressure cables. House wiring cables. Special purpose cables. Submarine power cables. Telephone cables. Submarine telephone cables. Enamelled wires. Colliery cables. Ship wiring cables. Aircraft wiring cables. Recent developments. HT 004, 304pp., ISBN 0 86341 001 4, 1983, £55 / US$ 99 Click here to return to top of file
Related Publications The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 4: 1849-1855 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) Scope: Michael Faraday was without doubt one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century; his discoveries laid the foundation for the science and technology of electricity and its applications which dominate the modern world. The complete Correspondence, which will comprise six volumes, is a landmark resource for all historians of science and technology. Nearly two-thirds of the letters in this 4th volume are previously unpublished. They concern Faraday's work on such diverse topics as terrestrial and atmospheric magnetism, the electrification of lighthouses and the theory of telegraphic retardation, as well as advice to the Government on the war with Russia, his exclusion from the Sandemanian Church and his views on table turning. Correspondence with such figures as Thomson, Babbage, Brunel, Schoenbein and Whewell. Readership: Historians and sociologists of science, technology and engineering; historians of the nineteenth century and the industrial revolution; all major libraries serving departments of electrical engineering, chemistry and physics. Level: Reference. SP 043, 1048pp., ISBN 0 86341 251 3, 1999, £75.00 / US$ 129.00 Click here to return to top of file
The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 3 : 1841 - 1848 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) Michael Faraday was without doubt one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century; His discoveries of electromagnetic rotation and electromagnetic induction laid the foundations of the modern electricity industry. Almost 75% of the letters in Volume 3 were previously unpublished. During this period he discovered the magneto-optical effect and diamagnetism, allowing him to argue for his views on the nature of matter. Correspondence with Babbage, Brunel, Lyell, Whewell and Peel is included. Published reviews of the two previous volumes attest to the stature of this major project (in total seven volumes to be published through the 1990s) that will publish Faraday's complete correspondence; A landmark publication set to become one of the major resources in the history of science and technology:
"The letters gathered together in this and future volumes will provide the raw material for historians' analyses and assessments for years to come". ScienceReadership: Historians and sociologists of science, technology and engineering; Historians of the nineteenth century and the industrial revolution; Also all major libraries serving electrical engineers, chemists and physicists. SP 035, 835pp., ISBN 0 86341 250 5, 1996, £65 / US$ 119 Click here to return to top of file
The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 2 : 1832-1840 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) Michael Faraday was without doubt one of the most important scientists of the nineteenth century; his discoveries of electromagnetic rotation and electro-magnetic induction laid the foundations of the modern electricity industry.Volume 2 covers the 1830s, a period when Faraday pursued the consequences of his discovery of electromagnetic induction and revised entirely the theories of electrochemistry and the nature of electricity. His correspondents include scientists of the day as well as antiquaries, military men, artists and politicians. SP 029, 807pp., ISBN 0 86341 249 1, 1993, £65 / US$ 119 Click here to return to top of file
The correspondence of Michael Faraday Volume 1 : 1811 to 1831 (F.A.J.L. James (Ed.)) The initial volume of the correspondence of Michael Faraday (1791-1867), published in the year of the bicentenary of his birth, covers his early years up to his discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831. Other scientific and technical topics covered include Faraday's discovery of electromagnetic rotations (in 1821), the liquefaction of gases (in 1823) and the long series of experiments in the latter part of the 1820s to improve optical glass. SP 021, 673pp., ISBN 0 86341 248 3, 1991, £65 / US$ 119 Click here to return to top of file
A twentieth-century professional institution : the story of the IERE (G.D. Clifford and F.W. Sharp) The book is in two parts : The story of the Brit.I.R.E 1925-1960, The story of the I.E.R.E. 1960-1988. Part 1 covers Educational and technical training; Craftsmen and technicians; The Brit.I.R.E Journal; Library and technical services; Institution conventions; Institution premiums, prizes and awards; Membership; Local sections; Commonwealth membership; The Institution honoured; Services to external bodies; Administration and finance; In time of need (The benevolent Fund, educational and legal help, contributions). Part 2 covers The Institution's campaign for a Royal Charter; The formation of the engineer = education + training + experience; Technician engineers and technicians; The Institution and the engineering profession; The Institution as a publisher; Institution premiums and awards 1960-88; Support for research; Technical activities and services; Learned Society activities : conferences, colloquia and other meetings; Local section activities in the British Isles; The Institution overseas; Membership, finance and administration 1960-88; The headquarters story; Progress to merger : separation, co-existence, co-operation. SP 007, 332pp., 245 x 175mm, ISBN 0 86341 166 5, 1989, £22 / US$ 42 Click here to return to top of file
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